Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50A669D1B for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:21:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 92845 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jan 2012 10:21:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 92829 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jan 2012 10:21:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 92821 invoked by uid 99); 5 Jan 2012 10:21:43 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:21:43 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [213.175.222.94] (HELO brutha.creative-cognition.net) (213.175.222.94) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:21:37 +0000 Received: from helius.demon.co.uk ([80.177.3.26] helo=[192.168.0.5]) by brutha.creative-cognition.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RikRf-0007ll-8P for flex-dev@incubator.apache.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:21:15 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Subject: Re: I hate top posting From: Paul Evans In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:21:12 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1A10E78A-84E0-488B-81E0-48B4CB557775@creative-cognition.co.uk> References: To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - brutha.creative-cognition.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - incubator.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - creative-cognition.co.uk On 5 Jan 2012, at 10:02, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > IMO, the first part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > describes the efficient Apache style of "inline posting with minimal > quoting" very well, and also IMO that's by far the style that works > best for serious discussions on a large list like this one. +1 Very glad you articulated it